PH logs nearly 7,000 COVID-19 cases; deaths exceed 100 on 5th straight day

The Department of Health's latest bulletin showed that the country now has 1,353,220 total confirmed COVID-19 infections, with 59,439 or 4.4 percent of patients still battling the disease.

A total of 170 recovered cases have been reclassified as active cases after the agency's revalidation. Out of 50,104 people who underwent testing for COVID-19 on Thursday, 11.5 percent were found to be carriers of the virus.Saturday's case fatality rate is at 1.74 percent. The day's deaths also included 97 cases initially classified as recoveries. The total rose by 9,407 to 1,270,243 or 93.9 percent of the cumulative total.Watch more in iWantTFC

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